CA2212444A1 - Polarized fiber laser source - Google Patents

Polarized fiber laser source

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CA2212444A1
CA2212444A1 CA002212444A CA2212444A CA2212444A1 CA 2212444 A1 CA2212444 A1 CA 2212444A1 CA 002212444 A CA002212444 A CA 002212444A CA 2212444 A CA2212444 A CA 2212444A CA 2212444 A1 CA2212444 A1 CA 2212444A1
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fiber laser
polarization
polarized
laser source
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Francis X. D'amato (Deceased)
Gary A. Ball
Gerald Meltz
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Raytheon Technologies Corp
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United Technologies Corporation
Francis X. D'amato (Deceased)
Gary A. Ball
Gerald Meltz
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/0675—Resonators including a grating structure, e.g. distributed Bragg reflectors [DBR] or distributed feedback [DFB] fibre lasers
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H01—ELECTRIC ELEMENTS
    • H01S—DEVICES USING THE PROCESS OF LIGHT AMPLIFICATION BY STIMULATED EMISSION OF RADIATION [LASER] TO AMPLIFY OR GENERATE LIGHT; DEVICES USING STIMULATED EMISSION OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION IN WAVE RANGES OTHER THAN OPTICAL
    • H01S3/00—Lasers, i.e. devices using stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation in the infrared, visible or ultraviolet wave range
    • H01S3/05—Construction or shape of optical resonators; Accommodation of active medium therein; Shape of active medium
    • H01S3/06—Construction or shape of active medium
    • H01S3/063—Waveguide lasers, i.e. whereby the dimensions of the waveguide are of the order of the light wavelength
    • H01S3/067—Fibre lasers
    • H01S3/06708—Constructional details of the fibre, e.g. compositions, cross-section, shape or tapering
    • H01S3/06712—Polarising fibre; Polariser

Abstract

A polarized fiber laser source includes a fiber laser (10) comprising a pair of Bragg gratings (14, 16) at opposite ends of a fiber laser cavity (18) which is doped with a rare-earth dopant so as to allow lasing to occur at a lasing wavelength .lambda.L. A grating tap (26) is provided along a portion of the laser cavity (18) to couple-out a predetermined amount of light along one polarization, e.g., the "s" polarization, at the lasing wavelength .lambda.L. This causes one polarization mode to experience more loss than the other, thereby allowing the fiber laser to lase only on the less lossy polarization mode and causing the laser output light (40) to be polarized only along such polarization.
CA002212444A 1995-03-02 1996-02-27 Polarized fiber laser source Expired - Lifetime CA2212444C (en)

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US08/398,206 US5511083A (en) 1995-03-02 1995-03-02 Polarized fiber laser source
US08/398,206 1995-03-02
PCT/US1996/002626 WO1996027223A2 (en) 1995-03-02 1996-02-27 Polarized fiber laser source

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CA2212444A1 true CA2212444A1 (en) 1996-09-06
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JP (1) JP3833708B2 (en)
CA (1) CA2212444C (en)
DE (1) DE69604569T2 (en)
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WO (1) WO1996027223A2 (en)

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